Boy, 16, in critical condition after being attacked by knifemen on mopeds

A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed by knifemen riding mopeds.

The teenager was attacked with another boy, 17, in Mountearl Gardens in Streatham, south London.

Police believe four people on two mopeds approached the two teenagers, before the passengers on each moped got off and launched the attack.

All four suspects then fled on the mopeds.

The second victim was treated for his injuries and released from hospital.

Police now hope that as neither of the moped passengers were wearing helmets witnesses who might be able to identify them will come forward.

Det Ch Insp Jim Redmond said: ‘This was a vicious and violent attack which has left a teenage boy in a critical condition.

‘The incident happened late in the afternoon and there would have been a number of people in and around the area who may have witnessed the events in the lead up to the attack, the stabbings themselves or the moped riders with their pillion passengers fleeing the scene.’